In the Tomsk Fortress, two or three hundred Cossacks were stationed here on weekdays. With muskets and organization, it was enough to shock the surrounding tribes and allow them to pay taxes to the Tsar. After all, only the Siberian Khanate was destroyed by hundreds of Cossacks.

However, when the established Eastern Army arrived, their situation became precarious.

"Hu, Hu." Several seriously wounded Cossacks fled from Yenisesk Castle to Tomsk. Their wounds had not yet healed, and blood spilled out of the strips of cloth that bandaged the wound.

"The Eastern army attacked our Yenisesk Fort. Hundreds of companions died in battle. The remaining people failed to escape and fell into the hands of the Eastern people. They must have been killed!" The escaped Cossack soldiers shouted.

"How many people do they have? How do they attack the Yenisesk Fort?" A Cossack officer frowned.

"There were about a few thousand, about five or six thousand. They marched in the middle of the night and attacked the city just at dawn. No one expected that it was the sound of cannons that awakened us. At that time, the outside of Yenisesk Fort was surrounded by dense Eastern troops. They had infantry, cavalry and artillery, and they used large carriages to transport supplies and food. The purpose was absolutely impossible to be as simple as Yenisesk Fort!" The escaped Cossack soldiers were afraid when they remembered the fierce battle before.

"Thousands of people?! And it's not just those reckless prairie cavalry, it's hard to deal with!" The Cossack officers heard that it was not only the Mongolian cavalry that attacked the Yenisesk fortress, and they were even more worried. "They carried artillery and sufficient ammunition, which would pose a huge threat to our fortress. Our strong bastion may be able to withstand the spurs and sabers of the prairie cavalry, but they still dare not say that they can be safe and sound under the attack of artillery."

"I suggest that we immediately gather all our people around us back to Tomsk Fortress and Tara Fortress, and strengthen the walls and prepare to hold on until the troops stationed in Junggar and Moscow come to aid," said the fleeing Cossack soldiers.

After hearing this, the Cossack officers and soldiers of Tomsk looked at me and I looked at you, with a strange expression.

The Cossack officer who managed Tomsk sighed: "You don't know yet that the troops stationed in Junggar and the troops of the Kazakh Khanate are joining forces to fight with the Eastern troops attacking the Junggar Basin. They are too busy to take care of themselves and may not have enough energy to support us in a short period of time."

"What! The Junggar Basin was also attacked by the Jiuzhou Army?" The Cossack soldier was confused. Things were worse than he thought!

"Now I can only hope that General Yakovlev's reinforcements will arrive in time. Otherwise, we, Tomsk Fort, will not know when we can last." The Cossack officer looked west.

In the captured Yenisesk Fort, more than a hundred Cossack prisoners squatted on the ground, and the gate of the fortress had been blown up by explosives. The Cossacks, who rarely encountered opponents in Siberia, suffered a great loss this time. They looked up at their opponents in horror, wondering how the Eastern soldiers with standard Eastern Holes would deal with them, whether to kill them or release them?

"Deputy Commander, what are you going to deal with them?" A Mongolian general asked Chen Xiaode, deputy commander of the Siberian pioneer regiment.

This cavalry general was Rurk, who was sent by the Mobei Cavalry Corps to support the pioneering regiment. Although the two people actually have similar positions, Chen Xiaode was the temporary commander of the Northern Route Army this time, so he had the final say.

More than a hundred Cossack prisoners were waiting for Chen Xiaode's judgment. Their wide eyes revealed their inner fear and desire for life.

"Let's be detained for the time being. More than 100 people will cause no chaos. If there are too many people, it will be more difficult." Chen Xiaode said indifferently.

This time, the Northern Route Army dispatched more than a thousand pioneering regiments, more than a thousand First Corps, and 3,000 Mobei Cavalry Corps. If even more than a hundred Cossack prisoners could not be suppressed, the Northern Route Army would be able to return home as soon as possible.

"Yenisesk Fort has been captured, and next are Tomsk Fort, Tara Fort and Tyumen Fort."

Rurk immediately ignored these prisoners and instead cared about the next strategy.

"According to the combat goals of the second phase, we only need to seize the fortress east of the Ob River. In other words, fortress west of the Ob River, such as Tyumen Fort, we don't have to pay attention to it for the time being, so as not to touch their reverse scales." Chen Xiaode said.

"So what if they touch their reverse scales? I heard from the old man that a thousand years ago, the Huns who were driven to the west by the Western Han people almost destroyed the Western countries." Rurk curled his lips and looked down on Tsarist Russia.

"General Rurk, you have to know that war is not something that soldiers can sacrifice their lives, but they are fighting for food, weapons, and training. The territory of our China is too vast, not only the war in the northwest, but also in the southeast and other places are not peaceful. Too much military use will only lead to military militancy, and often it takes time to digest and build territories in various places." Chen Xiaode said.

"I just complained, and the military headquarters asked me to fight wherever I asked me to fight, and I will never be vague." Rurk said, "When I was in the Chechen tribe, there were only a few tribes who fought around, so how could they be as happy as it is now."

Chen Xiaode didn't say anything, but he knew that the lives of the soldiers and a large number of precious resources were all sacrificed in this war. Several blasters died unexpectedly in the blasting of the Yenisesk Fortress this time.

"Get the map." Chen Xiaode ordered his subordinates to take the nearby map and plan the next march with Rurk and others.

On this map, Chen Xiaode placed a few stones to represent different places and troops.

"This is Tomsk Fort, and this is Tara Fort. The two forts are horns. If one of the forts is attacked, the other fortress will send troops to support it. Fortunately, our troops are sufficient to surround two fortresses at the same time." Chen Xiaode said, pointing to two stones.

"Are we only surrounding these two fortresses? When will we launch a strong attack?" asked Rurk.

"Siege but not attack."

"Siege but not attack?"

"Yes, we need to create the illusion of fighting all the way to the Volga River here, attract Tsarist Russian reinforcements to encircle and annihilate us, and create opportunities for victory in the Mobei Cavalry Corps and the Liaodong Cavalry Corps in Junggar and Ili area. If possible, our partial division will defeat reinforcements from the West." Chen Xiaode expressed the combat intention of the Jiuzhou Army on the North Road.

"We five or six thousand people will fight against the main force of Tsarist Russia, rather than the 20,000 cavalry entering the Junggar Basin? They could not have thought of it!" Lurk's eyes burst out.
Chapter completed!